Covenant Prayer

Here is a beautiful prayer of commitment written by John Wesley.  It’s known as the Covenant Prayer. 

Covenant Prayer

(John Wesley, 1703-1791)

I am no longer my own, but yours.
Put me to what you will,
rank me with whom you will.
Put me to doing, put me to suffering.

Let me be employed for you or laid aside for you,

exalted for you or brought low for you.

Let me be full, let me be empty.

Let me have all things, let me have nothing.

I freely and wholeheartedly yield all things
to your pleasure and disposal.

And now, glorious and blessed God,
Father, Son and Holy Spirit,
you are mine and I am yours.

So be it.

And the covenant now made on earth,

let it be ratified in heaven.  Amen.

— posted on the Wesleyan Leadership blog.  

For other prayers and prayer resources on this blog, see this Scriptural Prayer Index or this Topical Prayer Index.